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Lehigh University
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<p>Lehigh University (LU), in <a href="/facts/Bethlehem%2c_Pennsylvania/PGPwjt9R">Bethlehem, Pennsylvania</a>, United States, is a <a href="/facts/Private_university/KHHzGNID">private</a> <a href="/facts/Research_university/Joe4e6SF">research university</a>. The university was established in 1865 by businessman <a href="/facts/Asa_Packer/J4cAX8SU">Asa Packer</a>. Lehigh University's undergraduate programs have been <a href="/facts/Mixed-sex_education/TCNhIwrJ">coeducational</a> since the 1971–72 academic year. As of 2022, the university had 5,911 undergraduate students and 1,781 <a href="/facts/Graduate_student/VhXDbhBz">graduate students</a>. </p><p>Lehigh has five <a href="/facts/College/PejltRvj">colleges</a>: the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Education, and the College of Health. The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest, with 38% of the university's students.[<i>not verified in body</i>] The university offers <a href="/facts/Interdisciplinarity/HP0uaNUs">Interdisciplinary Studies</a>, <a href="/facts/Bachelor_of_Arts/2pa1nwfR">Bachelor of Arts</a>, <a href="/facts/Bachelor_of_Science/9n3gvDf7">Bachelor of Science</a>, <a href="/facts/Master_of_Arts/ABQoKTLg">Master of Arts</a>, <a href="/facts/Master_of_Science/5xKwvXjm">Master of Science</a>, <a href="/facts/Master_of_Business_Administration/as5mA3R3">Master of Business Administration</a>, <a href="/facts/Master_of_Engineering/jdkfl2tu">Master of Engineering</a>, <a href="/facts/Master_of_Education/9SsQgpHo">Master of Education</a>, <a href="/facts/Doctor_of_Philosophy/paJumdN8">Doctor of Philosophy</a>, and <a href="/facts/Doctor_of_Education/06C6kdWx">Doctor of Education</a> degrees.[<i>not verified in body</i>] </p><p>The university is <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education/xyYmXgJ6">classified</a> among "Doctoral Universities R1: Very High Research Activity".[<i>not verified in body</i>] </p>